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| US embassy responds to Andrew Hastie disclosure – politics live | US embassy responds to Andrew Hastie disclosure – politics live |
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| Derryn Hinch believes that the discrepancies in the Linda Burney were, in his view, done on purpose: | |
| “This was not a mistake, this was deliberate censorship, this was something which was done to clean up something which could damage the party and the national conference down the track,” he told Sky. | |
| Labor has been probing whether the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions has enough funding to prosecute financial crimes. | |
| The Commonwealth DPP, Sarah McNaughton, tells Senate estimates it has $3.7m for the 2018-19 financial year from the serious financial crimes taskforce funding, a commitment of $127.6m over four years that the Coalition made in the 2015 budget. | |
| Asked by Labor’s Murray Watt if it’s due to expire, McNaughton confirms, “that’s as I understand it”. She says the DPP has had discussions amongst itself about asking for an extension of funding, but hasn’t requested it from the Attorney General’s Department or the attorney. | |
| Watt asks whether the DPP will need extra funding to prosecute wrongdoing uncovered by the banking royal commission. | |
| McNaughton: “It’s so theoretical at this point, we don’t have any need to have the discussion [of extra funding]. There’s no request to make.” | |
| Michaelia Cash says the government will consider the need for extra funding when the royal commission hands down its report. | |
| Labor leaps on this as evidence of a funding cliff: | |
| The Commonwealth Public Prosecutor has just revealed that the government is cutting funding for the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce in June next year. In the middle of the #BankingRC. Astonishing. #Estimates | |
| The Australian Kitsch account, which is well worth a follow if you haven’t already, has dug up this gem from the Sydney Morning Herald in 1972, of ABC bosses dealing with accusations of being “biased”. | |
| ABC bosses to journalists: it's not your job to interpret the newsPic: @smh 1972#auspol #estimates #thisdaytonight #tdt @MikeCarlton01 pic.twitter.com/skLEnz9WtL | |
| I wasn’t called to #Estimates today but had I been there I would have reassured senators that you can have a Race Discrimination Commissioner AND Johnathan Thurston https://t.co/lWj0AVmJ17 pic.twitter.com/9vGMLuDXkh | I wasn’t called to #Estimates today but had I been there I would have reassured senators that you can have a Race Discrimination Commissioner AND Johnathan Thurston https://t.co/lWj0AVmJ17 pic.twitter.com/9vGMLuDXkh |
| The debate on the National Redress Scheme is seeing quite a few members break down. | The debate on the National Redress Scheme is seeing quite a few members break down. |
| Ann Sudmalis also got emotional, as she said she believed we were still failing children. | Ann Sudmalis also got emotional, as she said she believed we were still failing children. |
| As police fear to follow up, charge the offenders and pursue their own action because they believe the court system will not record a charge or it may not be successful, I fear we are opening a Pandora’s box of bad behaviour which is totally unacceptable. | |
| Surely it is not too much trouble to set the dignity and safety of a child above the inconvenience of bringing the issue of the attention to the court. I know exactly of such an incident and I am greatly concerned of the consequences that could evolve from the lack of action, or action that is non-protective or action which pushes the decision making responsibility back onto the child. | |
| How can this be? Rape of a 12-year-old child is rape. Whether inflicted by a physical instrument or biologically inflicted, it is wrong. | |
| And inside I weep that in this day and age we still don’t fully understand the term child sexual abuse. | |
| Mike Bowers has been out and about this morning. Here is some of what he saw: | Mike Bowers has been out and about this morning. Here is some of what he saw: |
| Grandmothers against removal is a group working to stop what they say is the mass removal of children from their families by child protection agencies and the authorities - including police and detention centres. | Grandmothers against removal is a group working to stop what they say is the mass removal of children from their families by child protection agencies and the authorities - including police and detention centres. |
| Craig Kelly, who is facing a very strong preselection challenge for Hughes, seems to be enjoying himself this morning. | |
| Over in the Federation Chamber (where overflow speeches go, and where, you may note Andrew Hastie made his speech on Tuesday night) Andrew Leigh was talking about the need for Australia to do more to combat discrimination of the LGBTI community around the world. | Over in the Federation Chamber (where overflow speeches go, and where, you may note Andrew Hastie made his speech on Tuesday night) Andrew Leigh was talking about the need for Australia to do more to combat discrimination of the LGBTI community around the world. |
| From his speech: | From his speech: |
| During my lifetime we in Australia have decriminalised homosexual acts between consenting adults. We have removed many forms of institutionalised discrimination against LGBT+ Australians. And we have belatedly legislated same-sex marriage. | During my lifetime we in Australia have decriminalised homosexual acts between consenting adults. We have removed many forms of institutionalised discrimination against LGBT+ Australians. And we have belatedly legislated same-sex marriage. |
| There is more to be done in Australia, but there is much more to be done around the world. According to the ILGA’s 2017 report, as of May 2017, 72 states continue to criminalise same-sex consensual activity — that is, more than one-third of the world’s nations. There are currently eight nations in which the death penalty is imposed as a punishment for same-sex consensual sexual acts. | There is more to be done in Australia, but there is much more to be done around the world. According to the ILGA’s 2017 report, as of May 2017, 72 states continue to criminalise same-sex consensual activity — that is, more than one-third of the world’s nations. There are currently eight nations in which the death penalty is imposed as a punishment for same-sex consensual sexual acts. |
| Let me go to some examples. This month in Malaysia we saw the release of Anwar Ibrahim, but it is a reminder that Malaysia continues to make sodomy illegal under section 377 of the Penal Code, which prohibits ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’. In Bangladesh in the capital Dhaka, Xulhaz Mannan, the founder of Bangladesh’s first and only LGBT magazine, was brutally hacked to death as punishment for his activism on behalf of same-sex-attracted Bangladeshis. In Tunisia, Bouhdid Belhedi, a campaigner for LGBT rights, was assaulted by Islamic extremists and beaten by a mob outside his house in Tunis as a policeman watched. | Let me go to some examples. This month in Malaysia we saw the release of Anwar Ibrahim, but it is a reminder that Malaysia continues to make sodomy illegal under section 377 of the Penal Code, which prohibits ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature’. In Bangladesh in the capital Dhaka, Xulhaz Mannan, the founder of Bangladesh’s first and only LGBT magazine, was brutally hacked to death as punishment for his activism on behalf of same-sex-attracted Bangladeshis. In Tunisia, Bouhdid Belhedi, a campaigner for LGBT rights, was assaulted by Islamic extremists and beaten by a mob outside his house in Tunis as a policeman watched. |
| In Ecuador, gay people are forced to undergo conversion therapy in secret clinics, where they are raped and beaten even though homosexuality is legal. Since the 2013 military intervention in Egypt, at least 250 LGBT+ people have been arrested. In Aceh, the Indonesian police recently arrested 12 transgender people. In Iran, gay men are sometimes hanged. In Russia, homophobic violence is on the rise. In Syria, there are media reports of LGBT individuals being thrown from tall buildings head first and then stoned by bystanders. And although homosexuality is legal in Turkey, it has one of the worst records of human rights violations against LGBT+ people in Europe. | In Ecuador, gay people are forced to undergo conversion therapy in secret clinics, where they are raped and beaten even though homosexuality is legal. Since the 2013 military intervention in Egypt, at least 250 LGBT+ people have been arrested. In Aceh, the Indonesian police recently arrested 12 transgender people. In Iran, gay men are sometimes hanged. In Russia, homophobic violence is on the rise. In Syria, there are media reports of LGBT individuals being thrown from tall buildings head first and then stoned by bystanders. And although homosexuality is legal in Turkey, it has one of the worst records of human rights violations against LGBT+ people in Europe. |
| Homosexuality is not a choice. Being transgender is not a lifestyle. Equality is indivisible. Human rights are universal. It doesn’t matter whether you approach politics from the standpoint of freedom or from the standpoint of equality. As individuals, as civil society, as government, Australians must do more to stand up for LGBT+ rights around the globe. | Homosexuality is not a choice. Being transgender is not a lifestyle. Equality is indivisible. Human rights are universal. It doesn’t matter whether you approach politics from the standpoint of freedom or from the standpoint of equality. As individuals, as civil society, as government, Australians must do more to stand up for LGBT+ rights around the globe. |
| Can we ever trust transcripts again? | Can we ever trust transcripts again? |
| (To be clear, most of us in the press gallery take our own recordings and transcribe from there, or double check the transcript with our recording.) | (To be clear, most of us in the press gallery take our own recordings and transcribe from there, or double check the transcript with our recording.) |
| Transcripts came up in the February estimates hearings, after Jenny McAllister wanted to know from Mathias Cormann why the official PMO transcript showed Malcolm Turnbull thanking Donald Trump during their meeting just once, while the White House official transcript included a much more generous four thank-yous. THE SCANDAL. | Transcripts came up in the February estimates hearings, after Jenny McAllister wanted to know from Mathias Cormann why the official PMO transcript showed Malcolm Turnbull thanking Donald Trump during their meeting just once, while the White House official transcript included a much more generous four thank-yous. THE SCANDAL. |
| From that estimates’ Hansard transcript (page 134 of the February 26 hearing): | From that estimates’ Hansard transcript (page 134 of the February 26 hearing): |
| Senator McAllister: In the transcript issued by the prime minister, Mr Turnbull thanks President Trump twice, but in the version of the transcript issued by the White House Mr Turnbull’s very effusive. He says, ‘Thank you,’ and, ‘I just say thank you to you and Melania for your hospitality and your friendship,’ and then he goes on to say thank you again. I think we get ‘thank you’, ‘thank you so much’, ‘thank you’ and ‘thank you’. So he was very effusive. | Senator McAllister: In the transcript issued by the prime minister, Mr Turnbull thanks President Trump twice, but in the version of the transcript issued by the White House Mr Turnbull’s very effusive. He says, ‘Thank you,’ and, ‘I just say thank you to you and Melania for your hospitality and your friendship,’ and then he goes on to say thank you again. I think we get ‘thank you’, ‘thank you so much’, ‘thank you’ and ‘thank you’. So he was very effusive. |
| Chair: Senator McAllister, you’ve uncovered thankyou-gate. | Chair: Senator McAllister, you’ve uncovered thankyou-gate. |
| Senator Cormann: I’m really pleased that we are dealing with a major issue. | Senator Cormann: I’m really pleased that we are dealing with a major issue. |
| Senator McAllister: I’m just curious: how does it come about that it gets edited down, that the thank-yous are so much less prominent in the one issued by the prime minister? | Senator McAllister: I’m just curious: how does it come about that it gets edited down, that the thank-yous are so much less prominent in the one issued by the prime minister? |
| I think he’s just being a very thankful guest in the United States. | I think he’s just being a very thankful guest in the United States. |
| Chair: You might be too, Senator McAllister, if you were in the Oval Office. | Chair: You might be too, Senator McAllister, if you were in the Oval Office. |
| Senator McAllister: But is the PMO’s office in some way trying to downplay how effusive Mr Turnbull has been on this occasion? | Senator McAllister: But is the PMO’s office in some way trying to downplay how effusive Mr Turnbull has been on this occasion? |
| Senator Cormann: Sorry, what are you suggesting? | Senator Cormann: Sorry, what are you suggesting? |
| Senator McAllister: I’m asking: is this deliberate or is this just an accident of transcription? Are they trying to downplay how effusive Mr Turnbull was? | Senator McAllister: I’m asking: is this deliberate or is this just an accident of transcription? Are they trying to downplay how effusive Mr Turnbull was? |
| Senator Cormann: I haven’t had a conversation with the prime minister about the transcripts of his relevant remarks, but now that you’ve asked the question I will undertake an investigation as to how the transcript that you’ve referenced has been so edited. It’s not unusual—in the context of Hansard transcription, for example — to remove any repetition of things that are said in the verbal communication that don’t necessarily add anything when you read a written transcript. I think that that is precisely the way Hansard does it. You’ve got Hansard people at the back here, and I think you’ll find that those of us in politics from time to time, for effect — particularly, a non-partisan statement, when you’re in opposition; I may have done the same when I was in opposition — repeat a particular sentence. You’ll find that Hansard will remove any such repetition and only provide what looks like a very eloquent, concise presentation of the point that you wanted to make. | Senator Cormann: I haven’t had a conversation with the prime minister about the transcripts of his relevant remarks, but now that you’ve asked the question I will undertake an investigation as to how the transcript that you’ve referenced has been so edited. It’s not unusual—in the context of Hansard transcription, for example — to remove any repetition of things that are said in the verbal communication that don’t necessarily add anything when you read a written transcript. I think that that is precisely the way Hansard does it. You’ve got Hansard people at the back here, and I think you’ll find that those of us in politics from time to time, for effect — particularly, a non-partisan statement, when you’re in opposition; I may have done the same when I was in opposition — repeat a particular sentence. You’ll find that Hansard will remove any such repetition and only provide what looks like a very eloquent, concise presentation of the point that you wanted to make. |
| Jenny Macklin is speaking in the House on the commonwealth redress scheme for survivors of institutional child abuse. | Jenny Macklin is speaking in the House on the commonwealth redress scheme for survivors of institutional child abuse. |
| She is crying as she reads the history of the scheme, and what led to this point, and urges the states and territories who haven’t signed up to the commonwealth scheme (Tasmania and WA are yet to sign up). | She is crying as she reads the history of the scheme, and what led to this point, and urges the states and territories who haven’t signed up to the commonwealth scheme (Tasmania and WA are yet to sign up). |
| As the royal commission said, many of the injuries were severe and long-lasting. Many people have been and continue to be impacted by injuries for the rest of their lives. It is the case that many, many survivors have still not had the opportunity to seek compensation for their injuries. The royal commission acknowledged that, and I quote: ‘it can not be feasible for many of those who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse to seek commonwealth damages. There is a clear need to provide avenues for survivors to take effective redress for this past abuse’. The establishment of a national redress scheme will acknowledge the abuse which occurred. | As the royal commission said, many of the injuries were severe and long-lasting. Many people have been and continue to be impacted by injuries for the rest of their lives. It is the case that many, many survivors have still not had the opportunity to seek compensation for their injuries. The royal commission acknowledged that, and I quote: ‘it can not be feasible for many of those who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse to seek commonwealth damages. There is a clear need to provide avenues for survivors to take effective redress for this past abuse’. The establishment of a national redress scheme will acknowledge the abuse which occurred. |
| Labor understands, and I think everyone understands, that no amount of money can make up for the pain and trauma experienced. However, redress is a vital step along the path to healing. A vital step that we all have an obligation to put in place. | Labor understands, and I think everyone understands, that no amount of money can make up for the pain and trauma experienced. However, redress is a vital step along the path to healing. A vital step that we all have an obligation to put in place. |
| Macklin says Labor will be supporting the bill, but wants guarantees that all survivors will be able to access the scheme and older survivors are not left out. | Macklin says Labor will be supporting the bill, but wants guarantees that all survivors will be able to access the scheme and older survivors are not left out. |
| When we get to question time, the Andrew Hastie matter is bound to come up again. | When we get to question time, the Andrew Hastie matter is bound to come up again. |
| Here was some of what Mark Dreyfus had to say this morning to Radio National: | Here was some of what Mark Dreyfus had to say this morning to Radio National: |
| “It’s been reported today that Mr Hastie did not seek any permission from US agencies or warned them, give them advance notice of the proposed use of information that he gained from US agencies. And that’s a real concern. It’s not something that I can recall ever having occurred from any previous chair of the Intelligence Committee. I’ve been on trips as a member of the Intelligence Committee and as attorney general and obtained information from briefings from the FBI, the CIA, the NSA in the United States or their like agencies in the United Kingdom. It’s always in confidence, and speaking for myself I wouldn’t have dreamed ever of using information that I’d obtained in that manner,” he said. | “It’s been reported today that Mr Hastie did not seek any permission from US agencies or warned them, give them advance notice of the proposed use of information that he gained from US agencies. And that’s a real concern. It’s not something that I can recall ever having occurred from any previous chair of the Intelligence Committee. I’ve been on trips as a member of the Intelligence Committee and as attorney general and obtained information from briefings from the FBI, the CIA, the NSA in the United States or their like agencies in the United Kingdom. It’s always in confidence, and speaking for myself I wouldn’t have dreamed ever of using information that I’d obtained in that manner,” he said. |
| “... The question that arises is one of trust. And I have to say that the prime minister is more in possession of information, obviously, than me as a member of the committee. But the committee have received highly classified information from Australian agencies, sometimes … when it visits US agencies, and members of the committee go, as has just occurred – or sometimes to the UK – equally highly confidential information and sometimes classified information is given. And it assists us in our work. There’s got to be a question of trust there about knowing that those confidences will be respected. But it is a matter for the prime minister.” | “... The question that arises is one of trust. And I have to say that the prime minister is more in possession of information, obviously, than me as a member of the committee. But the committee have received highly classified information from Australian agencies, sometimes … when it visits US agencies, and members of the committee go, as has just occurred – or sometimes to the UK – equally highly confidential information and sometimes classified information is given. And it assists us in our work. There’s got to be a question of trust there about knowing that those confidences will be respected. But it is a matter for the prime minister.” |
| Paul Karp has written more on that here | Paul Karp has written more on that here |
| Linda Burney has issued ANOTHER statement (this one official, sent from Bill Shorten’s office, while one was in response to questions and the second was a doorstop). | Linda Burney has issued ANOTHER statement (this one official, sent from Bill Shorten’s office, while one was in response to questions and the second was a doorstop). |
| My comments on Sky News yesterday are public. | My comments on Sky News yesterday are public. |
| This was an error in my office and was unintentional – the staff member involved has been counselled about the mistake. | This was an error in my office and was unintentional – the staff member involved has been counselled about the mistake. |
| No other office had any role – it was solely my office’s responsibility for transcribing the interview and checking its accuracy. | No other office had any role – it was solely my office’s responsibility for transcribing the interview and checking its accuracy. |
| There was also the time Michaelia Cash’s department (not her office, and there is a BIG difference) cut out questions from Paul Karp from one of Cash’s doorstops. The department at the time said it removed things which are not part of the minister’s portfolio. Cash’s office blamed an “overzealous” departmental staffer. From the story published earlier this year: | There was also the time Michaelia Cash’s department (not her office, and there is a BIG difference) cut out questions from Paul Karp from one of Cash’s doorstops. The department at the time said it removed things which are not part of the minister’s portfolio. Cash’s office blamed an “overzealous” departmental staffer. From the story published earlier this year: |
| Media coverage of the embattled employment minister, Michaelia Cash, hasn’t been as bad as last week, but all things are relative. Earlier this week her department released a transcript of a “doorstop” interview – a huddle with reporters. | Media coverage of the embattled employment minister, Michaelia Cash, hasn’t been as bad as last week, but all things are relative. Earlier this week her department released a transcript of a “doorstop” interview – a huddle with reporters. |
| The Q&A had been redacted to remove questions and answers – including several on the raid on the Australian Workers’ Union – which the department said didn’t relate to the senator’s portfolio of jobs and innovation. Strange, because those questions are evidently official business. Leigh Sales, presenter of 7.30, said the questions had been “censored”. | The Q&A had been redacted to remove questions and answers – including several on the raid on the Australian Workers’ Union – which the department said didn’t relate to the senator’s portfolio of jobs and innovation. Strange, because those questions are evidently official business. Leigh Sales, presenter of 7.30, said the questions had been “censored”. |
| Cash’s office quickly blamed an “overzealous staffer” in the department and not her office for tampering with the record. | Cash’s office quickly blamed an “overzealous staffer” in the department and not her office for tampering with the record. |
| Jane Hume, who said on the Bad Show (Q&A) on Monday that women and people of colour should just work harder to get into parliament, is on Sky saying preselection challenges are “not a gendered issue”. | Jane Hume, who said on the Bad Show (Q&A) on Monday that women and people of colour should just work harder to get into parliament, is on Sky saying preselection challenges are “not a gendered issue”. |
| Jane Prentice’s dumping as candidate for her seat of Ryan, despite being an assistant member, and being replaced with a man, has set off another round of debate about what the Liberal party is doing about getting women into the party. | Jane Prentice’s dumping as candidate for her seat of Ryan, despite being an assistant member, and being replaced with a man, has set off another round of debate about what the Liberal party is doing about getting women into the party. |
| Hume, who is under pressure to hold her number one Senate spot in Victoria after openly supporting marriage equality, has given another message direct to party preselectors in the wake of Malcolm Turnbull stepping in to save Ann Sudmalis from a preselection challenge: | Hume, who is under pressure to hold her number one Senate spot in Victoria after openly supporting marriage equality, has given another message direct to party preselectors in the wake of Malcolm Turnbull stepping in to save Ann Sudmalis from a preselection challenge: |
| “It’s still a democratic process ... [but what about the intervention] ... sometimes it can be defied and that is the beaut thing about the Liberal party is that it is a democratic party no matter what. | “It’s still a democratic process ... [but what about the intervention] ... sometimes it can be defied and that is the beaut thing about the Liberal party is that it is a democratic party no matter what. |
| “If the grassroots are cross at Malcolm Turnbull or Scott Morrison for doing that, then they can let him know. “ | “If the grassroots are cross at Malcolm Turnbull or Scott Morrison for doing that, then they can let him know. “ |
| Labor’s Clare O’Neil says it is “completely outrageous”. | Labor’s Clare O’Neil says it is “completely outrageous”. |
| “Jane is saying it is grassroots decisions, well there is a hell of a lot of grassroots decisions being made here, where we are seeing women who are of high caliber in the Liberal party getting replaced by the same kind of people – they are young, they are male and they all seem to have worked for the Institute of Public Affairs at one stage or another.” | “Jane is saying it is grassroots decisions, well there is a hell of a lot of grassroots decisions being made here, where we are seeing women who are of high caliber in the Liberal party getting replaced by the same kind of people – they are young, they are male and they all seem to have worked for the Institute of Public Affairs at one stage or another.” |
| O’Neil said she doesn’t understand why Prentice wasn’t saved but a “backbencher who no one has ever heard of” has been saved. | O’Neil said she doesn’t understand why Prentice wasn’t saved but a “backbencher who no one has ever heard of” has been saved. |
| Given it’s Thursday, which is the day on social media for throwbacks (#TBT), let’s head back to the last big “doctored document” conspiracy, when Barnaby Joyce was forced to admit his office changed the Hansard to correct the word “over” to “nearly”. | Given it’s Thursday, which is the day on social media for throwbacks (#TBT), let’s head back to the last big “doctored document” conspiracy, when Barnaby Joyce was forced to admit his office changed the Hansard to correct the word “over” to “nearly”. |
| The agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce, has admitted his staff changed Hansard records without his knowledge after Labor accused him of deliberately misleading parliament. | The agriculture minister, Barnaby Joyce, has admitted his staff changed Hansard records without his knowledge after Labor accused him of deliberately misleading parliament. |
| The Hansard record had been changed to correct an error Joyce made on Monday 20 October regarding the government’s drought assistance package. In the speech, Joyce referred to “over” 4,000 people applying for drought assistance. His office changed that to read “nearly” 4,000. They also added a qualifier line that wasn’t originally in the speech, saying that “recipient[s] of the Interim Farm Household Allowance” would also receive the assistance. | The Hansard record had been changed to correct an error Joyce made on Monday 20 October regarding the government’s drought assistance package. In the speech, Joyce referred to “over” 4,000 people applying for drought assistance. His office changed that to read “nearly” 4,000. They also added a qualifier line that wasn’t originally in the speech, saying that “recipient[s] of the Interim Farm Household Allowance” would also receive the assistance. |
| Joyce set the record straight in parliament after question time on Monday, saying the “minor edits were made to Hansard by my staff without my knowledge. My staff have been counselled. Consistent with standing orders, I have asked that the changes requested by my office be removed from Hansard before Hansard is finalised.” | Joyce set the record straight in parliament after question time on Monday, saying the “minor edits were made to Hansard by my staff without my knowledge. My staff have been counselled. Consistent with standing orders, I have asked that the changes requested by my office be removed from Hansard before Hansard is finalised.” |
| Ahhh, the more things change, the more they stay the same. | Ahhh, the more things change, the more they stay the same. |
| (And in the end, Paul Grimes, the head of the agriculture department, was sacked) | (And in the end, Paul Grimes, the head of the agriculture department, was sacked) |
| Asked about it directly, Linda Burney acknowledged it was her office that made the “mistake”. | Asked about it directly, Linda Burney acknowledged it was her office that made the “mistake”. |
| “It was a genuine mistake by a person in my office and I think we have been very clear about that,” she said. | “It was a genuine mistake by a person in my office and I think we have been very clear about that,” she said. |
| “My comments are on record and there was a mistake in my office and we made it very clear that there is a mistake. | “My comments are on record and there was a mistake in my office and we made it very clear that there is a mistake. |
| Labor maintains that this was a mistake made by one of Linda Burney’s staffers, and that the leader’s office only distributes the transcripts. | Labor maintains that this was a mistake made by one of Linda Burney’s staffers, and that the leader’s office only distributes the transcripts. |
| “We don’t have time to watch or listen to every interview,” one staffer says. | “We don’t have time to watch or listen to every interview,” one staffer says. |
| Peter Dutton sees more. | Peter Dutton sees more. |
| Come on. [A Labor] staffer has issued a fraudulent document. Linda Burney has presided over a fraudulent document going out, purporting to be something that it is not. Bill Shorten’s office had knowledge of it and distributed the document. He needs to answer the question why his office was involved in the publication and distribution of this fraudulent document. How can Mr Shorten trust … his frontbench – who has deliberately lied in relation to what she said? And this is not a clarification, not an improvement on grammar. It is a fabrication, pure and simple.” | Come on. [A Labor] staffer has issued a fraudulent document. Linda Burney has presided over a fraudulent document going out, purporting to be something that it is not. Bill Shorten’s office had knowledge of it and distributed the document. He needs to answer the question why his office was involved in the publication and distribution of this fraudulent document. How can Mr Shorten trust … his frontbench – who has deliberately lied in relation to what she said? And this is not a clarification, not an improvement on grammar. It is a fabrication, pure and simple.” |
| I think that sound you hear are opposition staffers looking for examples of when the PMO’s transcripts differ from the interview. | I think that sound you hear are opposition staffers looking for examples of when the PMO’s transcripts differ from the interview. |
| Peter Dutton on Andrew Hastie: | Peter Dutton on Andrew Hastie: |
| He has an outlook on national security that very few of us could bring to the table. He is a patriot of this country, he is a personal fine character, and in relation to the statements he has made, I won’t have knowledge of the state nor documents. That was an issue to him … and that is a very separate matter, I might say, to what we are dealing with in relation to Linda Burney. | He has an outlook on national security that very few of us could bring to the table. He is a patriot of this country, he is a personal fine character, and in relation to the statements he has made, I won’t have knowledge of the state nor documents. That was an issue to him … and that is a very separate matter, I might say, to what we are dealing with in relation to Linda Burney. |
| Linda Burney has deliberately put out a statement with Bill Shorten’s office knowledge, and with authorisation from a senior figures within the Labor party. It is not just a word or two that might have been brushed out or tidied up. It is a complete fabrication. And it needs to be answered by Mr Shorten today.” | Linda Burney has deliberately put out a statement with Bill Shorten’s office knowledge, and with authorisation from a senior figures within the Labor party. It is not just a word or two that might have been brushed out or tidied up. It is a complete fabrication. And it needs to be answered by Mr Shorten today.” |
| And for anyone who wants to see Ian Macdonald’s take on racism and how it doesn’t exist, because an indigenous footballer is basically the ruler of Queensland, Paul Karp has cut that up for you: | And for anyone who wants to see Ian Macdonald’s take on racism and how it doesn’t exist, because an indigenous footballer is basically the ruler of Queensland, Paul Karp has cut that up for you: |
| Here's LNP senator Ian MacDonald's thoughts on RACISM - IS IT EVEN A THING #auspol #estimates pic.twitter.com/qwzKKEjFpQ | Here's LNP senator Ian MacDonald's thoughts on RACISM - IS IT EVEN A THING #auspol #estimates pic.twitter.com/qwzKKEjFpQ |